Ministry of Sport and Tourism (Poland)

Ministry of Sport and Tourism

Ministerstwo Sportu i Turystyki
Official governmental wall plaque
200px Ministerial logotype
Agency overview
Headquarters	ul. Senatorska 14, Warsaw
Agency executive	Witold Bańka, Minister of Sport and Tourism , First Deputy Minister
Parent agency	Council of Ministers
Website	www.msport.gov.pl

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The seat of the Ministry of Sport and Tourism is today the Blanka Palace in Central Warsaw

Ministry of Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Poland was created on August 23, 2005 by decision of the Council of Ministers under then-Prime Minister Marek Belka.

It was renamed on July 23, 2007 when tourism was placed under ministry authority.

Ministry goals:

• Overseeing sport clubs
• Matters related to sport
• Matters related to tourism

State-controlled Polska Konfederacja Sportu (Polish Sport Union) became integral part of the ministry.

List of ministers

Ministers of Sport (2005–2007)

No.	Name	Term of Office	Party	Served under
1	Marek Belka	September 1, 2005 – October 31, 2005	Independent	Marek Belka
2	Tomasz Lipiec	October 31, 2005 – July 9, 2007	Law and Justice	Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Jarosław Kaczyński
	Jarosław Kaczyński (acting)	July 9, 2007 – July 23, 2007	Law and Justice	Jarosław Kaczyński

Ministers of Sport and Tourism (2007–present)

No.	Name	Term of Office	Party	Served under
1	Elżbieta Jakubiak	July 23, 2007 – November 16, 2007	Law and Justice	Jarosław Kaczyński
2	Mirosław Drzewiecki	November 16, 2007 – October 13, 2009	Civic Platform	Donald Tusk
3	Adam Giersz	October 14, 2009 – November 17, 2011	Independent	Donald Tusk
4	Joanna Mucha	November 18, 2011 – November 27, 2013	Civic Platform	Donald Tusk
5	Andrzej Biernat	November 27, 2013 – November 16, 2015	Civic Platform	Donald Tusk, Ewa Kopacz
6	Witold Bańka	November 16, 2015 - present	Independent	Beata Szydło

External links

• Ministry of Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Poland official site